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Art of Proprietation: February 2006
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Friday, February 24, 2006. A Place to Start. I don't think I have any lock on what will and what won't work in this business. But I can describe my own situation and the things I have learned from it. I think I can say there are some things that make it more likely to work well. So, the structure needs to provide private space, access to amenities, included utilities. The structure needs to be clean and maintained to provide an attractive and safe environment. And there need to be adequate outdoo...I got...
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Art of Proprietation: 8 pints
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Thursday, April 07, 2011. The rendered goat fat has a different texture than pork lard, though. It congeals and even hardens at a much higher temperature. More like wax than pork lard. one reference I ran across said that goat fat makes very hard soap. I could see that for sure. Little was a good goat. We will miss him. I didn't enjoy killing him or harvesting his parts. But he will feed us and the line he came from lives on in our does. RIP, Little Goat. Posted by MMP at 7:43 PM. View my complete profile.
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Art of Proprietation: And then there were four
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Monday, November 22, 2010. And then there were four. We're down to four turkeys still kicking. There are still four not kicking in the market fridge pending pickup. We are thinking about renting a plucker for the final slaughter day. We want to try one out as we think a plucker is in our future. I'd like to get an idea for how the different styles compare. We have some roosters that will help make it worthwhile. I think about making one of those Wizbang pluckers, but I haven't gotten up t...I got to do s...
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Art of Proprietation: Now there are none
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Saturday, December 04, 2010. Now there are none. We finished off the last four the turkeys today. Along with the turkeys, we culled our older hens and slaughtered this years roosters. In all fairness, I think our scalding wasn't optimal either, but this plucker just banged the birds up too much. Even the chickens got beat up. I am glad the birds we did today we not for customers, they wouldn't have been saleable. Posted by MMP at 7:12 PM. Northern New England, United States. View my complete profile.
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Art of Proprietation: August 2006
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Sunday, August 20, 2006. Are you sure this is safe? I have a hot topic on my brain, "where are all the good tenants at"? Given that I accept short term tenants, I probably have more than my share of turn over which in turn means I do more than my share of searching for tenants. Never an enviable position. I use a disposable email address from one of the biggies to put in my posts as my initial contact. In my opinion, there are just too many dishonest people working the internet to leave things to chance&...
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Art of Proprietation: April 2006
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Sunday, April 30, 2006. So, what do you do when someone is not following the rules? This is probably the most difficult task of running a business like this. You are in your home, settling into your own pursuits, and it gets interupted by someone breaking one of your ten commandments. What do you do? If not, consider the reason behind your rule. Posted by MMP at 6:38 PM. My blog about running a Cooperative Household in my home. And Other things. Find more pictures of goings on at Here. Cold, Cold, Cold.
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Art of Proprietation: 170 Million Americans
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Friday, March 04, 2011. Public Radio has an ongoing campaign called something like 170 Million Americans to protest the US House cutting funding for public radio. I think that my public radio station and NPR should give up any government funding. National public radio gets something like 2% of it's funding from the Fed. My public radio station gets something like 10% from the fed and nothing from the state. But it is time to give up that funding. This year, when I made my contribution to public radio, I ...
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Art of Proprietation: September 2007
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Sunday, September 23, 2007. MVM Harvest Festival and Potluck. We threw our annual Harvest festival potluck dinner over the weekend. As long as I have owned this house, I have had a potluck dinner every fall and invited friends and family from hither and yon to join us. A lot of my friends are far flung, so it is always a crap shoot who will show up. Every year the party is new and different. I generally cook a couple of entrees, at least one turkey, provide beverages and hoers. 200 on groceries, etc....
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Art of Proprietation: Cold, Cold, Cold
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Monday, January 24, 2011. Cold, Cold, Cold. I waited for things to warm up this morning before I went out to milk. It was twenty one degrees below zero Fahrenheit when I did milk. Milk pails have a have a habit of reminding me of the temperature while I am out there. At about ten degrees, stainless steel on bare hands gets cold quick. At about five degrees, there's a momentary adhesion as any surface moisture flash freezes to the pail's handle. Posted by MMP at 12:51 PM. View my complete profile.
